Coronavirus cases have jumped nearly fivefold over the last 10 days among troops deployed from across the country to the nation’s capital, military officials said on Monday. Almost 200 National Guard members have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, said Maj. Gen. William Walker, commander of the District of Columbia …

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia woman who once served in the Air Force was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Monday for planning to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government. Elizabeth Jo Shirley, 47, pleaded guilty last year as part of a plea agreement …

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When the Navy carrier Roosevelt entered the South China Sea on the same day Chinese bombers and fighters flew into Taiwan’s airspace, it signaled how difficult it will be for the Biden administration to craft a new China policy, former Pentagon policy chief Michele Flournoy said Monday. “Taiwan has really become the flashpoint” of U.S. …

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SAN DIEGO (AP) – During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies. Officials in Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas say they are entitled to a 180-day consultation period before …

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While National Guard leaders are reminding their troops to run problems up their chains of command before going public, they don’t plan to investigate who sent photos to media outlets last week showing dozens of troops resting on the floor of a parking garage, Maj. Gen. William Walker, commander of the District of Columbia National …

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